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1.95/5rDev n/alook: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

On tap at the brewpub. Beautiful clear garnet in the glass with a small white cap that recedes to a thin ring. The color and clarity are exceptional. The aroma is not exceptional. Fruity esters, ripe cherries, dates, molasses, all things sweet. It's somewhat enjoyable at first, but as it warms up the sweetness becomes overwhelming. It's even worse on the palate, as the intense fruity sweetness is matched by a strange grainy and woody astringency. Together they work relentlessly to wear down the tongue, like an unstoppable force of palate destruction. My tongue quickly met defeat, and the half-full glass remained on the table unmolested forevermore, basking in glory and victory.